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nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand prove gadhafi supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous accuses shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly raef notion or r.t. . right now look at what else is making news around the world the album government line is the taliban in the coming weeks to start peace talks are going to be the first such discussions the start of it forces the world afghanistan from the one nine hundred ninety six tell two thousand and one were ousted in the u.s. led invasion of the taliban has publicly refused to recognize the government of other president hamid karzai earlier today taliban held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for that meeting. thousands have rallied in central pakistan to demand that the government supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed and remains independent from u.s. policy in degree joe because as a rally claim that the u.s. has started propaganda to persuade the authorities
nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand prove gadhafi supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous accuses shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly raef notion or r.t. . right now look at what else is making news around the world the album government line is the taliban in the coming weeks to start peace talks are going to be the first such discussions the start of...
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states, about a world without conflict presided over benevolently by bodies like the united nations, the imf, the world bank and the gat. the high hopes reposed in them were increasingly disappointed as stalin lowered the iron curtain over eastern europe. made no secret of his global ambitions, and became antagonist rather than ally. churchill's speech here was the first serious warning of what was afoot, and it helped to wake up the entire west. in due course, that speech bore rich fruit and the new institutions forged to strengthen the west against stalin's assault. the marshall plan laid the foundations for europe's post war economic recovery. the truman doctrine made plain that america would resist communist subversion of democracy. the north atlantic treaty organization mobilized america's allies for mutual defense against the soviet steam roller. and european cold and steel community devised to help reconcile the former european enemies evolved over time into the european community. stalin had overplayed his hand. by attempting to destroy international cooperation, he succeeded
states, about a world without conflict presided over benevolently by bodies like the united nations, the imf, the world bank and the gat. the high hopes reposed in them were increasingly disappointed as stalin lowered the iron curtain over eastern europe. made no secret of his global ambitions, and became antagonist rather than ally. churchill's speech here was the first serious warning of what was afoot, and it helped to wake up the entire west. in due course, that speech bore rich fruit and...
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nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly rif an ocean or r.t. . election campaigning in russia where weapons that are on the front line on the battlefield that isn't getting a grandchild has been looking at the cutting edge protext thing is to wear hard. doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was gray suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d m are the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's compay ning has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very differen
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nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse a shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffen ocean or r.t. and let's have a look at what else is making news around the world the afghan government is planning to meet the taliban in the coming weeks to start peace talks it's going to be the first such discussions as taliban forces were ruled afghanistan for nine hundred ninety six till two thousand and one were asked of any u.s. led invasion of the taliban has president refused to recognize the government are going to president hamid karzai and early on sunday taliban has held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for the meeting. valid in central pakistan to demands that the government keep supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed and remains independent from u.s. policy in the region speakers at the rally claimed the us has started probably around to persuade the authorities to
nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse a shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffen ocean or r.t. and let's have a look at what else is making news around the world the afghan government is planning to meet the taliban in the coming weeks to start peace talks it's going to be the first such discussions as taliban...
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nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse ations of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly reef an ocean or r.t. . well lawmakers in tehran are set to approve an immediate halt of oil sales to europe and a vote due to take place in the country's parliament today it's a preemptive move in response to a fall in bargo on iranian oil by the european union meant to come into force in july by imposing the sanctions that you readers are looking to bring in and to iran's disputed nuclear program meanwhile the group of rainy and students protested at the capital's airport where i.a.e.a. inspectors arrived for the highest level talks on the nuclear issue for more than three years the activists said iran was suffering under overwhelming western pressure and claimed their country had a right for peaceful nuclear energy. poor all with an independent researcher and writer believes iran will eventually survive the oppression. sanct
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resolutions in the security -- united nations security council. you've been overlooked four times. please go ahead. >> my name is tyler o'neill with the washington freebie con. my question is about turkey. with the act party successful last year in 2011, they seem to have a shift toward islamist. do you think that their interests being coincidental with the united states would change in that situation? >> no, i believe that turkey is one of our strongest allies in the world much less the region. but i have voiced concerns as recently as last week at a breakfast with the u.s. turkey society that i am continued to be worried about the jailing of journalists. turkey now has more journalists in prison than any country in the world, i believe. i've been worried about intimidation of opposition parties. i've been worried about consolidation of power in the hands of the prime minister. a man who i respect and admire a great deal. but i also worry about authortarian tendencies in turkey that far fran send islamic or any religious reasons. that is a matter
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nations last summer for three months where the united nations was thinking very systematically about what libya needed indicated that there would be major problems and i think we're seeing that also doesn't mean that it necessarily has to end and certainly means that the process could be prolonged and really messy go ahead diana go ahead and i think a lot of these things could have been foreseen when the bombs i am willing to go back. may i please go back to the first of all the statement that there was no alternative at the very beginning when there were the first people heard which turned out to be propaganda. about. bombing his own people that has been pretty well this proved since then now at the very beginning there was an opportunity and there were offers from latin america from africa to mediate to find some kind of compromise to find some evolution now the fact is that colonel gadhafi was mortal like every human being his regime has lasted probably too long but was not going to last forever because if we die all of this and perhaps there was a way to. goal for evolution and e
nations last summer for three months where the united nations was thinking very systematically about what libya needed indicated that there would be major problems and i think we're seeing that also doesn't mean that it necessarily has to end and certainly means that the process could be prolonged and really messy go ahead diana go ahead and i think a lot of these things could have been foreseen when the bombs i am willing to go back. may i please go back to the first of all the statement that...
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if they think we're going to change our approach at the united nations or anywhere else because of announcements like that or release of any reprehensible criminal, then they are seriously mistaken. >> russia is inflicting a double blow on the syrian people by the veto and continuing the $1.5 billion of arms sales to assad's regime which enables the killing and maiming to continue. if the moral and humanitarian argument cannot get through, will the foreign secretary emphasize to his russian counterparts that it is not in their strategic and economic interest with their key trading partners in mdle east such as the uae and saudi arabia to act as a roadblock to protect the syrian people? >> yes, i absolutely agree with my honorable friend. i think is an important consideration for russian authorities. it is not even in their own national interest to take a position that they have taken. there will be a future government in syria that will remember what they have done. whether the action they have taken is causing outrage in the sh wsia's who are deeply position as they said to me earlier this afte
if they think we're going to change our approach at the united nations or anywhere else because of announcements like that or release of any reprehensible criminal, then they are seriously mistaken. >> russia is inflicting a double blow on the syrian people by the veto and continuing the $1.5 billion of arms sales to assad's regime which enables the killing and maiming to continue. if the moral and humanitarian argument cannot get through, will the foreign secretary emphasize to his...
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should be only the security council of the united nations that shoots the tops of the resolutions and no unilateral sanctions well it could be productive in this case. the most russia's foreign policy will always be independent ads as it has always been we see the result of a legacy and it reflects unique a unique role of russian international affairs and with a role that has evolved over the past centuries and. it has nothing to do with an isolated approach more with a confrontation on where we want we see integration more than in global affairs human. influence need to be pragmatic and flexible. and this is true from within this for economic interests where it's very important task and it's a very difficult one that we have. to admit that very often we're losing ground to many of our international partners. who are more aggressive in lobbying their economic interests are going to get one with you know we've been speaking about the instruments of diplomatic work for a long time here looking at the but we have not been able to achieve any breakthrough so yes we do have some progress b
should be only the security council of the united nations that shoots the tops of the resolutions and no unilateral sanctions well it could be productive in this case. the most russia's foreign policy will always be independent ads as it has always been we see the result of a legacy and it reflects unique a unique role of russian international affairs and with a role that has evolved over the past centuries and. it has nothing to do with an isolated approach more with a confrontation on where...
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nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters are being held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accusing shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly raef an ocean or r.t. . lawmakers and iran are set to approve an immediate halt of oil sales to europe and a vote due to take place in the country's parliament today it's a preemptive move in response to a form bargo on a rain while by the european union do come into force in july by imposing the sanctions that readers are looking to bring in a chance to iran's disputed nuclear program meanwhile a group of raney and students protested at the capital's airport where i am specter's arrived for the highest level talks on the nuclear issue for more than three years the activists said iran was suffering under overwhelming western pressure and claimed their country had a right for peaceful nuclear energy german political analyst christophe who are still told r.t. the measures adopted by the e.u. will harm the blog more than iran. this
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nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffin ocean or r.t. . libya however isn't the only nation coping with post revolutionary unrest it's back to egypt's tahrir square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military gentleman his reluctance to step down that's coming your way in the next hour here on t.v. one that brings us now to twenty eight minutes past the hour in a couple minutes i'll be back with the headlines very shortly this is the weekly live from moscow. a soulless substance. in a touch like a well trained army. religious in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a sea of nothingness. the mysterious sons of russia. are. wealthy british style it's best not to be part of the five story. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger on no holds barred look at the global fina
nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffin ocean or r.t. . libya however isn't the only nation coping with post revolutionary unrest it's back to egypt's tahrir square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military gentleman his reluctance to...
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nations in order to take action to come up with a resolution in order to enforce a regime change that goes by the will of the united states and its western allies as serious a mirth so too does libya months after the fall of khadafi we're now in and he'll doctors without borders says it's suspending its mission to leave after being made to treat a torture victims who are then sent straight back for further interrogation. u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around one hundred fifty people have been arrested and the crowd was trying to seize one of the city's buildings to make it their new headquarters artie's moreno port now has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was hours past the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to roughly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and abandoned building where they wanted
nations in order to take action to come up with a resolution in order to enforce a regime change that goes by the will of the united states and its western allies as serious a mirth so too does libya months after the fall of khadafi we're now in and he'll doctors without borders says it's suspending its mission to leave after being made to treat a torture victims who are then sent straight back for further interrogation. u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two...
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nations can help in coordinating the kinds of assistance they need to build stronger institutions. no one seems to be calling for any international military involvement i think that what they need is help from both their arab friends from europe from the from the e.u. and any any individual actor who can share expertise that can help them put their house in order not you out of all people should know was planning to kill qaddafi from the very onset of the operation that wasn't nato has mission it wasn't nato responsibility. even though i think for the people of libya. it might have been done in through a more orderly process but. i think they have a brighter future today than they did one year ago alex our nerve first phone nato deputy secretary general thank you very much for listening to a pleasure. to be soo much brighter if you knew more about someone from funniest impressions so. please for instance on t.v. dot com. it was voted in as prime minister the country's lawmakers a new government of president putin has already own corrections to russia's political course. hundreds of
nations can help in coordinating the kinds of assistance they need to build stronger institutions. no one seems to be calling for any international military involvement i think that what they need is help from both their arab friends from europe from the from the e.u. and any any individual actor who can share expertise that can help them put their house in order not you out of all people should know was planning to kill qaddafi from the very onset of the operation that wasn't nato has mission...
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of the united nations this is the united nations resolution was adopted and what the international community i had the right and you're not only out for that rather than telling the whole world what to do you just have this same old imperialist mentality that you have the right and the power because you have the power to tell other countries what to do and i basically disagree with that ok do you do you think the right to protect doctrine is dead now or is it is severely undermined because of what happened. in libya or strengthened the other way. well i think libya was an unusual case it's hard to see how a right to protect can be applied to somewhere like syria for example you really read my mind you read my mind exactly ok. but i think i think its use in libya was was very successful this wasn't regime change it was a revolution and happened in soil and what whatever they were doing with the new energy starved and recognition nick they would no interest in cheesy and when it did witness then regime change and also if there had a little nato bombs in there would not have been a regime chang
of the united nations this is the united nations resolution was adopted and what the international community i had the right and you're not only out for that rather than telling the whole world what to do you just have this same old imperialist mentality that you have the right and the power because you have the power to tell other countries what to do and i basically disagree with that ok do you do you think the right to protect doctrine is dead now or is it is severely undermined because of...
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we're working within the united nations frame work to try to achieve our objectives. i think it's begin to show fruit in iran and i think the public is going to generally support that approach. so that leaves us with the two individuals. the american public is going to find that they would both be credible national leaders. they certainly have a differing outlook, which will be explored during this election campaign. i think niche issues could be vulnerabilities for the president, but romney's framing of the world and the ability of obama to tie him to failed policies of previous president may be of an advantage to the president. that's my analysis. with that, i would be happy to engage in dialogue with you. [ applause ]
we're working within the united nations frame work to try to achieve our objectives. i think it's begin to show fruit in iran and i think the public is going to generally support that approach. so that leaves us with the two individuals. the american public is going to find that they would both be credible national leaders. they certainly have a differing outlook, which will be explored during this election campaign. i think niche issues could be vulnerabilities for the president, but romney's...
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nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffen ocean or r.t. . but libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country coming up later this hour here on our team people have been his guests on cross-talk debate why the militias who overthrew the colonel are reluctant to obey the new leaders. who the hell is the n.p.c. who are these people after all these months it's still very opaque who are they. well you know we we know that these are people who who who were privileged and under the old regime and who decided they could be more privileged under a western style regime i think you know this thing about wanting democracy when one is seeing it or you didn't hear it because there's just not to be your only yes when i don't even finish i haven't said anything in your interrupting me. i am saying there
nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffen ocean or r.t. . but libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country coming up later this hour here on our team people have been his guests on cross-talk...
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with the united nations the logger monitoring a cease-fire, one high level defection will not transform syria, but many more just might. >> so what impact could this latest military defection and hillary clinton's tough words have on the assad regime? joining me to discuss it is a man who formerly served as the u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you very much for joining me. let's start with the significance of the defection -- is this the sort of a drip drip defection that will eventually bring down the regime? >> it is not a drip drip defection, but psychologically it is very important because he is the son of the former minister of defense for 30 years who was the sunni face of the regime. therefore, they claim that this is a multi-sectarian, pan/arab -- pan-arab regime, not a narrow one. so the defection is a further stripping away of the veneer of legitimacy. >> presumably it is important because he is part of the inner circle, not just a military figure. >> he was part of the inner circle. he was sidelined some months ago, but what amazes me is that the regime, knowing his father and
with the united nations the logger monitoring a cease-fire, one high level defection will not transform syria, but many more just might. >> so what impact could this latest military defection and hillary clinton's tough words have on the assad regime? joining me to discuss it is a man who formerly served as the u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you very much for joining me. let's start with the significance of the defection -- is this the sort of a drip drip defection that will eventually...
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nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly griffen ocean or r.t. . well libya however isn't the only nation coping with post-revolutionary unrest back to egypt clear square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down we have more on that for you next hour on our. president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while howling america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality embodied by the occupy movement obama also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of osama bin ladin the speech is regarded as a pre-election chance for obama to sell his campaign to the public professor paul sheldon foote from the california is from california state university believ
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it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle it is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to promote war instead of provoke a step playbook worked in libya they were trying to save playbook and though it doesn't work anymore there is no desire. at the west nato to have been negotiated settlement so the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipeline such as by way of syria you wrote it other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. and also weakening says planning to plunge into the sewer and debate with julian assange promising millions of related emails will be published in a range to view the whistleblower gave upon latin american t.v. network health so point it took me a manipulation of the media with a syrian conflict also defined as the we can make six of us in saying that unlike us actions in afghanistan and iraq no one was h
it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle it is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to promote war instead of provoke a step playbook worked in libya they were trying to save playbook and though it doesn't work anymore there is no desire. at the west nato to have been negotiated settlement so the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition...
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we have reported to the united nations in keeping with the established rules. >> secretary-general, a question about the common funding. the purchase of the ags, as we all know, was achieved with some political difficulty. the financial mechanism, and that is a group of 17, now 18 nations are buying the equipment and a large part of the operating costs will come out of nato's common funding. however, this model is not a rule. it's an exception so far to the way sip works. and my question to you is for smart defense to move ahead if you're going to pursue more of these multinational models, don't you need to reform or do the 28 intend to reform the way that funding is used within the common -- the sip fund? thank you. >> yes, definitely, and that is also one of the follow-up works we adopted in chicago. we will look -- we will look closer into how our funding mechanisms work to make sure that they are fit for purpose, that they work efficiently, that we make the most efficient use of resources, that they are completed transparent. so, yes, in order to promote multinational projects, we
we have reported to the united nations in keeping with the established rules. >> secretary-general, a question about the common funding. the purchase of the ags, as we all know, was achieved with some political difficulty. the financial mechanism, and that is a group of 17, now 18 nations are buying the equipment and a large part of the operating costs will come out of nato's common funding. however, this model is not a rule. it's an exception so far to the way sip works. and my question...
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nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . libya however isn't the only nation hoping with post revolutionary unrest it back to egypt here square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down that is coming your way in the next hour here on r.t. . first in the election campaigning here in russia richard webb weapons there on the front lawn of the battlefield artesia katrina has been looking at the cutting edge tactics being used to win hearts and minds. as a way out is that you were right is a closer look at a very serious sometimes and slogans called out from the poor d.m. of the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically involved in. today's campaigning has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. would probably. bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them
nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . libya however isn't the only nation hoping with post revolutionary unrest it back to egypt here square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down that is coming your...
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as we look to the issue of syria, we no that russia and china have blocked two united nations security council resolutions with respect to syria and certainly i think that takes to us an issue when we look to the world and instability of a question with regard to russia and china. with regard to russia we've seen public reports that they continue to arm the syrian military. have sent russian advisors to syria and have deployed naval forces off the syrian coast. my first question is mr. secretary, how would you say that russia is supporting syrian's military today? secondly, i want to switch to china. which unavoidably takes to us the issue of north korea. north korea's recent ballistic missile launch failed mchl people sighed with relief. i think that's probably misplaced relief and that we know that north korea continues its quest for missile technology and most recently in the observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the dictatorship brought forth a new missile. secretary gates previously ated that north korea is becoming a direct threat to the united states
as we look to the issue of syria, we no that russia and china have blocked two united nations security council resolutions with respect to syria and certainly i think that takes to us an issue when we look to the world and instability of a question with regard to russia and china. with regard to russia we've seen public reports that they continue to arm the syrian military. have sent russian advisors to syria and have deployed naval forces off the syrian coast. my first question is mr....
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nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse ations of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . and here in russia the internet has become the perfect arena for presidential campaigns fide for the top job has taken a viral dimension as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people are jessica has been looking at what's going on at the online battle front. doesn't want is that you were right is a closer look at the grey suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d.m. of the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's comparing has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego
nations report has revealed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accuse ations of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . and here in russia the internet has become the perfect arena for presidential campaigns fide for the top job has taken a viral dimension as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people are...
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ambassador to the united nations. russia has almost written to veto the resolution of the 10 months and after 5500 people dead. where does this leave the united nations? >> well, where does it leave the whole process? i think it gives mr. bashar hope that he can out with the international community. with the group i think is trying to accomplish is to gain international support for its plan, which i think is a sensible plan, but as long as russia holds out, it gives mr. bashar the feeling he has got some breathing room, and he will not be under the kind of concerted pressure from the international bond community that the regime deserves. bamut is legitimacy of united nations at stake here? >> i did not think it is the united nations that is at stake. i think it is the regime of bashar al assad is at stake. i think what the international community is trying to accomplish is a way to make it a political transition to resolve this question with a minimal reference to the use of force. nobody is talking about nato forces
ambassador to the united nations. russia has almost written to veto the resolution of the 10 months and after 5500 people dead. where does this leave the united nations? >> well, where does it leave the whole process? i think it gives mr. bashar hope that he can out with the international community. with the group i think is trying to accomplish is to gain international support for its plan, which i think is a sensible plan, but as long as russia holds out, it gives mr. bashar the feeling...
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headquarters have just been released a package marked with fake united nations insignia was shipped through mexico to cincinnati. nation a spokesman says the u.n. or anyone located the headquarters where the intended recipients officials believe it was the bungled attempts of drug traffickers trying to ship the cortex into the u.s. . new footage from brazil has people running away from a cloud of dust and debris after three buildings collapsed in the region near authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse but it's believed that illegal construction work was responsible for people who had been confirmed dead by the city's mayor rescue workers are searching for twenty two still missing . now even if you're in florence moscow is never too far away but later on the joy martin angie. takes to the streets of italy in search of a slice of russia. has been a russian orthodox church on the site since mighty mary three built by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic in much is the c
headquarters have just been released a package marked with fake united nations insignia was shipped through mexico to cincinnati. nation a spokesman says the u.n. or anyone located the headquarters where the intended recipients officials believe it was the bungled attempts of drug traffickers trying to ship the cortex into the u.s. . new footage from brazil has people running away from a cloud of dust and debris after three buildings collapsed in the region near authorities are still...
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the united nations that security council is set to vote on a resolution on syria amid reports of escalating violence in the country. and stations across russia are to get their own digital observers as prime minister putin orders the installation of webcams to counter a potential fraud ahead of the march presidential election. broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us fresh clashes in egypt with reports of at least four killed and some four hundred injured across the country as police again fired volleys of tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters. broke out after wednesday's football violence when seventy four people died in post match clashes protesters have been amassing in tahrir square and around the interior ministry blaming the police for doing nothing to prevent the soccer pitch they are also calling on the military council to step down analysts say many young people are disillusioned with how their revolution has turned out. main recipient of criticism now in egypt if the ministry cancelled because it really have. and they ar
the united nations that security council is set to vote on a resolution on syria amid reports of escalating violence in the country. and stations across russia are to get their own digital observers as prime minister putin orders the installation of webcams to counter a potential fraud ahead of the march presidential election. broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us fresh clashes in egypt with reports of at least four killed and some...
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it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle it is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya where the united nations being used to promote war instead of promote case that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and do it those work anymore but there is no desire by the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipelines such as by way of syria iran and other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross war they rebel fighters say that foreign power is coming in on the stump michigan no fly zone over syria will significantly help them in their fight against assad's government meanwhile they toxics employed by the opposition on the ground all raising more questions as offseason isakov and i found out. it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war a truck bomb with
it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle it is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya where the united nations being used to promote war instead of promote case that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and do it those work anymore but there is no desire by the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in...
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after roosevelt the nation understood itself as the united states. it had moved from and notion of collective states to one of an actual nation. for fdr the nation and hierarchy in its citizenship were premised on much on the future as much as the present it in his first inaugural he declared the basic thought underlying his policies quote is not narrowly nationalistic. it is the insistence as a first consideration up on the interdependence of various elements. for roosevelt, the entire nation was interconnected but was not there for static and fixed it was always in motion, always developing. it is therefore required constant attention and constant adjustment. the kind of attention that only strong president seeded in a strong central government could give. importantly he understood the nation as already fundamentally united. the various interests that made up the nation were perpetually contesting against one another but they were not a revocable he opposed to one another. he said, quote some people of this is rather land across the seas find it di
after roosevelt the nation understood itself as the united states. it had moved from and notion of collective states to one of an actual nation. for fdr the nation and hierarchy in its citizenship were premised on much on the future as much as the present it in his first inaugural he declared the basic thought underlying his policies quote is not narrowly nationalistic. it is the insistence as a first consideration up on the interdependence of various elements. for roosevelt, the entire nation...
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we join with our partners in the united nations security council including now russia and china, in calling for the urgent comprehensive and immediate implementation of all aspects of the annan plan. second, we are further isolating the assad regime. we are encouraging other countries to join the united states, the european union and the arab league in imposing strong sanctions against it. these sanctions are putting assad under greater pressure than ever before. we are undermining the financial life lines of the regime. three united states executive orders targeted senior leadership, commercial and the central bank of syria. the result is that 30% of the regime, of the regime's lost revenues, have occurred as a result of those sanctions. the u.s. and the eu have imposed a strong oil embargo. the exchange rate has depreciated by more than 50% and their gdp has been in a serious decline. approaching almost a minus 8% in 2011 and more now. third, we are strengthening and unifying the non-violent political opposition in syria. the united states is in the process of providing direct non-lethal
we join with our partners in the united nations security council including now russia and china, in calling for the urgent comprehensive and immediate implementation of all aspects of the annan plan. second, we are further isolating the assad regime. we are encouraging other countries to join the united states, the european union and the arab league in imposing strong sanctions against it. these sanctions are putting assad under greater pressure than ever before. we are undermining the...
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have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving good bye to their gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy will give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not the arab league screwed council it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreements or what action should be taken to stop the violence paper. putting an end to the crisis seems to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria. was serious simmers so too does libya months after the fall of gadhafi renowned angio doctors without borders says it's spreading its mission to libya after being made to treat torture victims were then sent straight back for further interrogation. and the global markets are bracing themselves ahead of a crime she wrote in the iranian parliament as the world's fourth largest crude prod
have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving good bye to their gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy will give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not the arab league screwed council it's a gloomy outlook for the...
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there is only one nation -- there is only one nation that can alter this dynamic and that is the united states of america. the president must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will assad be allowed to finish what he has started, and there is no future in which assad and his lieutenants will remain control of syria and that the united states is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so. it is only when we have clearly and completely committed ourselves that we can expect other nations to do the same. only then will we see what is really possible in winning international support to stop the killing in syria. are there dangers and risks and uncertainties in this approach? absolutely. but there are no ideal options in syria. all of them contain significant risk. many people will be quick to raise concerns about the course of action i am proposing. many of these concerns have merit but none so much that they should keep us from acting. for example, we continue to hear it said that we should not assist the opposition in syria militarily because we don't know
there is only one nation -- there is only one nation that can alter this dynamic and that is the united states of america. the president must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will assad be allowed to finish what he has started, and there is no future in which assad and his lieutenants will remain control of syria and that the united states is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so. it is only when we have clearly and completely committed ourselves that we...
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we conducted operations in libya in full accordance with the united nations mandate and with international law. of course in a complex military campaign, the risk to civilians can never be zero, but we did everything to minimize it. >> just a follow-up about russia. are you not concerned about all the problem about the rearmament that putin made during his campaign and what about the nato/russia summit. will it be held in -- indefinitely or not? >> well, as a politician, i'm used to many things during election campaigns. and what counts is the concrete steps that are taken once the electorate has made its decision. and as i stated in my previous answer, i would expect -- i would expect continued progress in the cooperation between nato and russia. obviously, we do not agree on everything. we have our disputes. we have our differences. but those differences should not overshadow the fact that in many areas we do share security concerns because we are faced with the same security challenges. and this is the reason why we should cooperate also on missile defense. and the second part of your q
we conducted operations in libya in full accordance with the united nations mandate and with international law. of course in a complex military campaign, the risk to civilians can never be zero, but we did everything to minimize it. >> just a follow-up about russia. are you not concerned about all the problem about the rearmament that putin made during his campaign and what about the nato/russia summit. will it be held in -- indefinitely or not? >> well, as a politician, i'm used to...
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nations security council. and that would include also the more the gadhafi especially since the prosecutor himself has stated that there are grounds to believe that this is a war crime which is the case stand at the moment well at the moment i've written to the prosecutor i've asked him whether or not he intends on the investigating that i received a reply the reply was essentially that we're going to see what the new beetle forty's do about it will give them about five months by the time my next report to the security council will see what they've done. my view is that that's in fact and even too late this is not the sort of investigation which can be put off for five months it's a complex investigation there's a need to. examine the crime scene to perform forensic political analysis to take evidence from objective witnesses all these sort of things have to be done it's not the sort of investigation that you can put off just for five months and see what happens is that you can speed up the investigation. in w
nations security council. and that would include also the more the gadhafi especially since the prosecutor himself has stated that there are grounds to believe that this is a war crime which is the case stand at the moment well at the moment i've written to the prosecutor i've asked him whether or not he intends on the investigating that i received a reply the reply was essentially that we're going to see what the new beetle forty's do about it will give them about five months by the time my...
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nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately will be dealt with today what we're hearing from the turkish is that he needs to be immediate and urgent action to what they call syrian aggression so the situation on the ground quite fluid and remains to see to be seen what happens in the coming hours. we're serious to launch in a civil war the government says it's investigating the origins of the deadly attack on the turkish village but some experts in turkey thing the incident plays into the hands of some regional figures who are eager to see ankara drawn into conflict with syria. we only know that the mortars been fired across the border we don't know what the deliberately or accidentally we don't even know who fired it there's bee
nations of course this abominable act and has urged the international community for immediate action now on wednesday night an emergency meeting of nato was held in brussels the syrians did issue an apology they offered their condolences to the family and both sides have called for restraint at the same time we do expect that the turkish call for the united nations security council to meet immediately will be dealt with today what we're hearing from the turkish is that he needs to be immediate...